Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description:

Cimarron is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support an Electro-Optical (EO) / Infra-Red (IR) Mission Systems team in Huntington Beach, CA. The selected candidate for this position will help lead the development of next-generation electronics for optical sensing systems for airborne and space platforms.

Key Duties:

• Support manufacturing engineering and electro-mechanical engineering integration activities.
• Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to lead activities to plan, design, develop and verify complex lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions.
• Evaluate customer/operational needs to define system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters, and ensure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.
• Perform structural and integration engineering for the entire lifecycle of the product, including support of ConOps development and product design, development, and testing.
• Provide guidance and direction to develop, integrate, and document structural and interior payload system requirements to establish the system design.
• Support project management activities, including schedule development, status reporting, and coordination of engineering and development activities.
• Interface with customers, internal/external suppliers, partners, and executive management for the purpose of technical collaboration, reviews and reporting of status.
• Lead analyses to optimize the total system of systems and/or system architecture.
• Lead and coordinate analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory, certification, product assurance, and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success.
• Lead, develop, maintain, and identify improvements for the planning, organization, implementation, and monitoring of requirements management processes, software configuration management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management, and technology readiness assessment processes.
• Plan and lead research projects to develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements.
• Lead performance, integration, and analysis of tests to validate and verify systems and components meet requirements and specifications.
• Assist with the investigation of emerging technologies to develop concepts for future product designs to meet projected requirements.

Required Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Due to facility security requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for consideration at this time.
• Active Secret clearance or higher.
• Experience with all phases of structural engineering including a broad knowledge of design, stress analysis, certification, and engineering principles.
• Experience collaborating with other Integrated Product Teams to execute a strategy of growth, on-time delivery, and technical excellence as well as extensive experience in performing engineering work.
• 5 or more years of experience in mechanical, structural, and integration engineering.
• 5 or more years of experience with Production Quality and Mission Assurance.
• 5 or more years of experience working on a space program.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Bachelor of Science from an accredited course of study, in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry.

Desired Skills, Experience, and Education:

• 15 or more years of experience working on a space program.
• Experience applying structures and integration engineering principles during the development of complex hardware/software solutions on an aerospace platform.
• Experience writing requirements for mechanical systems.
• Experience writing Production Quality and Qualification plans.
• Experience developing Mission Assurance plans.
• Experience with Technology Development to enhance Production Quality and Mission Assurance, including requirements definition for QA, MA software, systems, and tools.
• Experience leading multi-functional teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and SysML.
• Master's degree or higher.

Business Profile:

Cimarron is a global solutions company with a strategic partnering approach to satisfying customer-driven requirements. We ensure customer success with a modern approach and experienced leadership. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Cimarron is fueled by highly skilled employees, developing new innovative technologies, and delivering superior products and services. We believe in recognizing employees' worth by offering competitive salaries and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) contributions, educational reimbursement, and much more. From company communication through Company-wide information meetings led by our President and CEO, to an Awards program designed to recognize our amazing employees and their accomplishments, you will not only feel like you are a part of a team, you will be a valued member of the Cimarron family. Cimarron is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/Disability/Veteran.